====== Week 12 - April 12, 2017 ======
===== Updates =====
  * Submitted 496 Abstract to the EE assistant for use in the 496 pamplet/program thing.
    * Objective, Abstract, and Team Members

==== Parts Order ==== 
Parts order came in - yay. Time to test. 
    * BME280
      * Using the Adafruit testing code from their github with an Arduino Uno to verify how/that it works
        * Going to hook it up using I2C first then SPI
        * I2C wiring - Using an Arduino Uno and the test code compiles and works.
          * Reads Temperature/Pressure/Altitude/Humidity
        * SPI wiring - Using the same Arduino Uno the test code compiles and works
      * Dylan's code is to use with the whole board hooked up in the firmware of the whole box like the driver for the sensor to use in whole system
    * ATmega1284P - DIP and TQFN packages.
      * Need to breadboard a DIP one to start testing its functionalities and differences between the 328P

==== Design/Research ====
  * Rain sensor
    * We have a solar sensor and wind sensor. Why not rain sensor?
    * Look into creating a DIY version of rain sensor.
      * Leads that short when there is a conductor (rain water) present.
      * Helpful link maybe - http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Modules-Rain-Sensor/\

===== Reminders =====
  * SCEL's participation in CoE's Open House is canceled due to a "full program" 
  * April 29th, Final Presentation
  * Final Paper - 4000 words - should start breaking up the paper into sections for people to write about now
    * Topics
      * Objective
      * Project Description
      * Block Diagram
        * Hardware
        * Firmware
      * Parts 
        * BME
        * ATmega
          * Programmer circuit
        * SP-215
        * Charging Chip
        * Xbee
          * Firmware?
        * Switches
        * GPS
          * 
      * Design Choices
        * 3.3V vs 5V
        * BME
        * ATmega1284
          * Why we went with this one and not another one
          * pros and cons of each of these items
        * Board Layout
        * GPS/RTC
      * Problems/Solutions
        * Time
        * Hardware stuff
      * Documentation
        * How we did it
      * Future Work
        * Plans to continue
        * What else were missing
        * What we would have done differently
        * What we could change
      * Conclusion
        * Where we are at now
        * where we wanted to be
        * Where we plan to go from here
        * Experiences
        * Lessons learned

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